Cal Performances presents Il Ritorno featuring Circa
Zellerbach Hall Auditorium
U.C. Berkeley, Bancroft Way at Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA 94305 USA
3:00 PM, Sunday, February 4, 2018

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Music (entirely, mostly?) drawn from Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland) by Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643), SV 325 (1639)

[3:05 PM lights down, announcements]

1. [3:06 PM; tumbling, contortions]
2. [3:15 PM] Ulysses' aria of return, “Dormo ancora o son desto?” (Am I still asleep, or am I awake?)
3. [3:18 PM; hand balancing & tumbling]
4. [3:22 PM] Penelope’s great aria of mourning (and hope and rage), “Di misera regina non terminati mai dolenti affani!” (Miserable Queen, sorrow and trouble never end!)
   [Bridie Hooper sash strap? act]
5. [3:27 PM; trapeze] interlude of electronic music
6. [3:32 PM; Caroline Baillon multicorde (8 hanging ropes) act]
7. [3:35 PM] Penelope's aria continues
8. [3:38 PM; tumbling from the men; then the full ensemble]
9. [3:42 PM] Penelope's aria continues
10. [3:45 PM; Bridie Hooper solo (twitching right hand) dance]
11. [3:48 PM; Caroline or Cecilia tumbling]
12. [3:50 PM; ensemble tumbling] interlude of electronic music
13. [3:54 PM] final duet that reunites Ulysses and Penelope “O delle mie fatiche meta dolce e soave” (O sweet, gentle ending of my troubles)
14. [3:58 PM; 3 pairs of dancers traverse the back wall while balancing together]
15. [4:02 PM] Ulysses' aria of return, “Dormo ancora o son desto?” (Am I still asleep, or am I awake?) [more ensemble balance play]
16. [4:07 PM; Bridie & ?male dance]
17. [4:13 PM; ensemble against the wall: no handed tumbling; excellent handspring solo to conclude]
    [show ends 4:16 PM]

Circa

• Caroline Baillon
• Nathan Boyle
• Marty Evans
• Bridie Hooper
• Todd Kilby
• Nathan Knowles
• Cecilia Martin

• Pal Banda: cello;
• Nicholas Bootiman: violin, viola;
• Cecilia de Santa Maria: harp;
• Kate Howden: mezzo-soprano vox;
• Natalie Murray-Beale: music director, piano, harpsichord, keyboards;
• Benedict Nelson: baritone vox.

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